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OCT. NOV. 2020 II This brings with it huge losses, both for us and our customers. Once again the government is demanding a great sacrifice from us. So how do we face the coming months? Surely it will be necessary, by studying targeted orders, to pay attention to products that have a longer shelf-life; limit the purchase of fresh food allowing our customers to stock up several times in the same week. But also be ready to support them in the case of forced closures or a heavy losses in clientele. We have to make our customers understand that CIC is a centrepoint for them; we must succeed even more in making ourselves considered allies, consultants for their activities, because never before has the need to work together been so great. Right now we are similar to an assembly line: if a cog breaks, the effect will rain down on the whole supply chain. Our politicians reassure us that the sacrifice will be short: there are many vaccines that have arrived in the final phase of the experimentation and that will be made available to the more fragile groups starting from December. Meanwhile, we aim for short-term objectives. Right now our horizon is December. Who dares, wins! By Antonio Di Lorito AT PAGE 6 NEWS The performance of the catering sector from the phases following lockdown to the new dpcm Catering is one of the sectors most affected by the healthcare crisis and, after an uncertain restart in the period following the lockdown, but with increasing numbers, it is now once again facing a critical moment. Quandoo, the restaurant booking platform with the fastest growth in the world, which allows bookings in over 18,000 restaurants worldwide, 5,000 of which are in Italy, analysed the bookings made on its platform in Italy and in the main countries where it operates (Austria, Germany, UK, Australia and Singapore) to understand the market trend after the lockdown period until the first weeks of October. On 15 May, restaurants reopened in Germany and Austria, on 18 May in Italy and on 4 July in the UK. During this period, users slowly resumed their dining out habits, but there were substantial differences from country to country. In addition, bookings made on the Quandoo platform have shown a fluctuating trend: the numbers have followed an upward trend as we move away from the end of the lockdown and towards the summer season, but now, with the arrival of autumn and the second wave of cases, bookings are obviously falling. Reopening & Summer - Italy In Italy, the reopening was slow and the first signs of recovery were seen mainly in July and August. June, despite a loss of 56% of registrations compared to 2019, recorded a positive trend with an average growth of about 13% weekend by weekend. The month of July, on the other hand, saw 37% fewer bookings than 2019, but in general lunches and dinners eating out continued to increase during the weekends with an average growth of 14%. August, the Italian holiday month par excellence, represented the turning point for catering in our country. The last weekend in fact marked an increase of 9% compared to the same period in 2019, and 21% on the previous week. This is a sign that Italian consumers chose to eat their last weekend meal at the restaurant to prolong the holiday effect. Return & first weeks of autumn - Italy In September, bookings continued to grow with an average increase of 7% compared to 2019. Peak reached during 5 and 6 September with a growth of 16% compared to the previous week. A clear sign of the desire to continue the holiday and find more light-heartedness in this period of great stress we are experiencing. On the other hand, there was a fall in bookings even before the entry of the new DPCM in the first weeks of October, due to the news about the increase in the number of contagions and the arrival of the second wave, decreasing -45% over the weekend on 10 October (-39% compared to the previous Saturday). The situation in Europe and the reaction of Australia and Singapore - June-October Germany and Austria also recorded an increase in bookings at weekends in June, with an average of 43% and 66% respectively compared to 2019, indicating that the rules for reopening and restrictions in these countries had less impact than in Italy. Bookings increased in July and August, reaching +77% and +100% compared to 2019, respectively on 29 August in Germany and 15 August in Austria. As far as Great Britain is concerned, the Quandoo platform recorded a record of over 44,000 bookings immediately after the announcement of the reopening of the hospitality sector. Half of all bookings were made for what has been called “Super Saturday”, on 4 July, the day the restaurants reopened. In addition, the Eat Out to Help Out campaign promoted by the British government in July and MAGAZINE